The Bicol Express
A savory and delicious dish made with succulent pork and coconut cream that will have you expressing how much you adore the taste!
Yield
6 servingsPrep
20 minCook
40 minReady
60 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | vegetable oil |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
garlic
chopped |
|
| ½ | cup |
onions
chopped |
|
| ¼ | cup |
ginger
fresh, chopped |
*
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
dilao
fresh, (tumeric) |
* |
| 1 | kg |
pork
cooked and cut into 1/2 inch slices |
*
|
| 1 ½ | tablespoon |
hot chili peppers
(siling labuyo, chopped) |
|
| 1 ½ | cup |
bagoong alamang
Filipino shrimp paste |
* |
| 6 | cups | coconut cream | |
| 2 | cups |
green chili peppers
fresh (elongated variety), sliced diagonally into 1/4 inch strips |
*
|
| 1 ½ | cup |
sweet red bell peppers
red peppers, fresh (elongated variety), sliced diagonally into 1/4 inch strips |
|
Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
Directions
Sauté garlic in hot oil.
Add onions and cook until translucent.
Stir in fresh ginger, dilao, and the sliced cooked pork.
Stir continually for 5 minutes.
Add bagoong alamang and chopped hot chilli (siling labuyo).
Stir until the pork is completely covered by the mixture. (about 15 minutes.)
Pour in 6 cups of coconut cream and add the sliced hot green and red peppers.
Continue cooking for about 20 minutes. Add salt if necessary.
Note: chillis and peppers to be added according to spiciness desired.
Comments
This is great! (for those wondering, bagoong is like a shrimp paste found in Filipino/Asian food stores) - For less heat, I added chopped beans together with the chillies. I did not add fresh tumeric, I used powdered, it was just as yummy.
Thank you so much for this wonderful dish. I will cook it one of these days. Thanks talaga. :)
I love this food and i like spicy so much i will make it by my self thanks for the recipe
panalo!! the best talaga!
taste good
anu b ung kasim d q alam un eh...pork belly ba?tnxz..
if this is not here i cannot do my assign.thank you
salamat at may recipe dito....we are cooking for it in our new year para maiba..
i love also cooking mahilig din talga ako sa spicy lalo na itong bicol express wow! thank so much..
is bicol express and binagoongang baboy the same dish?
this picture gags me. I can't stand to look at it. Is there a nicer one to post?
Sorry..but it's true.
You can always use google to look for nicer pics in other sites that won't offend your delicate senses so much. No one's forcing you to stay here, geesh.
What a moron.
every time i cooked this to my husband and friends, they are swearing that this is the real bicol express!
Yummy
1.1/2 cup or bagoong??sa isang kilo??? ang alat nyan.